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Imperial Entanglements of Policing in white text on a black chain link fence on bright red background

the civil war and the carceral state & new books in world carceral history

a shiny steal prison toilet in just about the most disgusting dirty peeling paint rusty prison cell you can imagine. The toilet has an upside-down American flag sticker on it

back to school edition: TOILETS, book news, & midcentury prison history revisited

spring spectacular! OAH preview, pre-orders, and more!

prisoners "who write to determine their own fates and secure justice"

prisoners "who write to determine their own fates and secure justice"

Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpers & The Police Killing that Galvanized New York City by LaShawn Harris. book cover with portrait of an older Black woman with black text and yellow background

author's pitch: how Eleanor Bumpurs became "more than my neighbor"

a black and white picture of a police officer wearing a helmet

territory, cows, and the crooked paths to policing’s autocracy